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Food for Thought
Interesting Firearm Death Statistic: Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. Involvement in Iraq, here is a sobering statistic: There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq during the last 40 months, and a total of 3,567 deaths. That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers. The fire arm death rate in Washington D.C. Is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for The same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be Shot and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq. Obvious Conclusion: The U.S. Should pull out of Washington.